Calais to Venice, No don't Laugh

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8wristbandman 05 Feb 03:08  

Joined: 05 Feb 2012

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Hello, I am 62, have cancer and would like to ride to Venice. I have a friend who has ridden E'tapes and I have managed the Tourmalet is baby steps.

It would be a life time achivement for me to take 3 weeks to ride to Venice.

Can you offer any information, hints, tips, routes or/and suggestions.

I thank you all.

Livestrong

rustyspoke 05 Feb 15:11  

Joined: 28 Aug 2011

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My Profile 		Well first of all I wish you the very best of luck and hope you manage to do it.
Lots of questions first are you going to have back up!
Are you going to get others to jion you?
How many miles a day?
I would say you need to give us more info here so we can offer our help.


8wristbandman 05 Feb 20:34  

Joined: 05 Feb 2012

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Hello thank you for you input. We Andy and I will perhaps have a support-vanette, riding 60-80 miles (no rush) distance governed by the roads taken (?) and the B&B accommodtion locations (?) which we suspect would be F1 type hotels. Basic days would be rise, shower, eat, ride 50% meet aid, who prepared lunch, ride 50% etc repeat. Avoid steep hills.